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He added: “Over the last couple of years we have really been kept up at night by a specific group of people on motorbikes.

“The problem has got progressively worse in the last two years or so. I lived on Elizabeth Way as a kid and I’m used to noise from the road, but this is getting really bad.

“We’ve been kept up at all hours, sometimes 2 or 3am in the morning. What normally happens is you tend to get to sleep, then get woken up again maybe twice a night by these roaring modified engines.

“They tend to go down Elizabeth Way, onto Arbury Road, then King’s Hedges Road and then Histon Road – almost as if they’re doing a circular lap of the city.”

Mr Khalifa said he knew of a dozen people who also had worries about the motorbike noise, saying concerns had recently been raised about the issue at a Cambridge Labour Party General committee meeting.

He added: “It’s getting to the point now where we have considered calling the police, but we’re not sure how this can be tackled.

“We’re betting officers don’t have the time or resources to sit and wait for the group of motorcyclists.

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“I’m not sure what the solution is, but it’s a growing issue that needs to be look at. It’s important.

“The actions of this particular group can be very detrimental; we’ve really lost a lot of sleep because of them."

In March motorcyclist Paul Whyatt, 57, was jailed after the law finally caught up with him. He frequently managed to outdo officers who pursued him on high speed chases - on one occasion driving at 148mph on a motorway.

Watch footage of Whyatt's dangerous driving above

A Campkin Road resident, who did not wish to be named, said she was also being kept awake at night by roaring motorcycle engines going down King’s Hedges Road.

She said: “I’m at the end of my tether and I don’t know where to turn really, the noise is affecting my sleep. It’s worse at the weekends.

“I have double glazing and the engine noise is still terrible; it’s getting too much. I have a few neighbours who said if things don’t get any better they’re considering moving.”